Book Fair Frenzy (Or, Macalley Turns the Page)
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Other works by Robert Dahlen
The Monkey Queen series:
Of Introductions And Abductions
The Brigadoon Boondoggle
Under The Stars Of Faerie
A Tiding Of Magpies
Redblade
The Crown Of Kylthena
The Skyblade Saga (A Plundered Chronicles Tale):
Skyblade’s Gambit
Acknowledgements
I have only recently discovered the fine tradition of tea dueling. As of this writing, I have not yet had occasion to engage in tea dueling, a situation I hope to correct some day; I’ve had to make do with numerous enjoyable YouTube videos. I must acknowledge the people who have promoted it, and those who helped to make this first Peavley Manor tale possible.
First, thanks to Doctor Geof and Tinker (a.k.a. Geof Banyard and John Naylor) for creating the marvelous sport of tea dueling.To find the rules, head to http://teaduel.yolasite.com/ !
Many thanks and much gratitude to the magnificent Madame Askew (a.k.a. Jocelynne Simone), who gave very generously of her time and knowledge of tea dueling. She is a credit to tea dueling, and to the steampunk community in general! Find out more about her and her Temporal Entourage at https://www.facebook.com/MadameAskew/ !
Thanks to Michelle Lovi for last-minute cover advice, and to Colleen, DL, Craig and Vane for encouragement along the way.
Extra special thanks to awesome pal Shei Darksbane for helping with the formatting!
And finally, many thanks to Amber Goss for telling me about tea dueling, encouraging me to develop Alice and Macalley and write this story, convincing me to go with tea dueling as the method to resolve the main dispute, introducing me to Madame Askew, and helping with the cover design. Cheesy fries owed to Amber as of this writing: 5.
About the Author
Fantasy novelist, all-around wisecracker, nerd music buff and penguin aficionado, Robert Dahlen lives in northern California with numerous penguins, a tablet stuffed with e-books and works in progress, shelves filled with graphic novels and Disney Infinity and other figures, and a very nice hat. He's been having fun telling stories since March 2013, and he looks forward to doing so for years to come. He is hopefully writing another story as you read this, and he thanks you for reading this. (And he pronounces his last name “duh-LANE”, as in “the rain in Spain falls mainly on Dahlen”, which is a call to battle among certain tea duelists.)